All Saints Day

When the Saints March In

Although we spent so much time preparing for our Saints Alive Fair last week, we couldn't let this beautiful Holy Day go by without reminding ourselves of the holy people of the past whose lives & prayers can help lead us to heaven.

After attending Mass together as a class, our munchkins did some fantastic writing, asking the saints of heaven to pray for us. (It was a great opportunity to work on the /ay/ sound with a fun rhyming game before doing our writing activities.)

Then, they had to chance to create some fun little "saintly" dolls.  Everyone had the chance to make two of their favorite saints...

We had:

St. Mary, St. Therese, St. Michael, St. Francis

and

(of course)

St. Patrick & St. Brigid 

As a special treat at the end of the day, each student received a pack of saint trading cards.  It was so fun to watch the munchkins explore each saint and trade favorites with their friends.

May the Saints of Heaven Pray for Us!

Until next time...
Giggles,
Mrs. D.

All Saints Fair

Saints Alive!

What a great way to learn about the saints.

This year, Father developed an all-school extravaganza! The CCD classes were included as well.  Everyone took part.

Each classroom was given a country from which to research saints.  The students created displays of all kinds.  The classrooms were decorated, music and art was included, to make each room feel as though visitors were truly taking a journey around the world.  There were even regional snacks in some of the "countries".  Family members were invited for a fun filled evening visiting all the classrooms.  Everyone received a "passport" which was stamped as they visited the many countries.  It was quite a success!

Our country was Ireland.

(I am French by marriage only!  I'm an Irish lass at heart!)

We spent several weeks learning all about St. Brigid and St. Patrick. 

The students each created a fantastic display board, complete with colored holy card images of each saint, a map of Ireland, the Irish flag and a biographical paragraph (kinder-version!) about each saint.  Each munchkin also made a St. Brigid cross and a St. Patrick shamrock. 

We created a great hallway display, turning our doorway into the entrance to Kildare Abbey with Brigid spreading her cloak on one side & Patrick driving the snakes into the sea on the other.

Our classroom had some fun snacks...

Saint Francis' Snakes

Irish Mints

and

Trinity Shamrocks

So many of our munchkins visited the fair.  It was so fun to see them all!

Father ended the evening, gathering all the kids in the gym for a Saints Trivia game.  Too fun!

It was a fantastic evening and it was such a great way to learn about so many of the wonderful saints of Heaven.

May they all pray for us!

Until next time...

Giggles,

Mrs. D.